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Looking Collection (page 25)

Background imageLooking Collection: Upside Down

Upside Down
24th August 1946: A young girl has a look at an upside-down world as she visits the sea for the first time. Original Publication: Picture Post - 4191 - First Sight Of The Sea - pub

Background imageLooking Collection: QE2 Liner

QE2 Liner
1952: Two men lean on the rails on deck of the Queen Elizabeth as the liner comes to dock at Southampton. Original Publication: Picture Post - 6344 -The Queen Elizabeth Comes In - unpub

Background imageLooking Collection: Shopping By Bicycle

Shopping By Bicycle
2nd October 1948: For the tenth anniversary of Picture Post, the magazine has sought out the model who posed for their most popular cover, Jane Webb, who has been married three years to David

Background imageLooking Collection: They re More My Size

They re More My Size
28th February 1953: A young boy examines an exhibit in a glass cage in the elephant room in the Natural History Museum, London

Background imageLooking Collection: Resourceful Crowd

Resourceful Crowd
25th April 1953: People at the back of the crowd using step ladders to see procession after the marriage between Prince Jean, heir to the Luxembourg Throne, and Belgian Princess Josephine-Charlotte

Background imageLooking Collection: Rain Test For Car

Rain Test For Car
30th October 1948: A Morris Oxford being bombarded with 1500 jets of water from all angles, equivalent to 15 inches of rainfall an hour

Background imageLooking Collection: Window Shopping

Window Shopping
25th June 1955: A well-dressed woman surveys the window of a jewellery shop in Dundee. Dundee, situated on the banks of the dSilvery Tayf

Background imageLooking Collection: Honeymoon Couple

Honeymoon Couple
26th June 1948: A couple on their honeymoon look out over a lake in Switzerland. Original Publication: Picture Post - 4575 - Swiss Honeymoon On ?35 - pub

Background imageLooking Collection: Twas Brillig

Twas Brillig
Some of the imaginary animals from the nonsense poem Jabberwocky, which appears in the 1872 novel Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There by Lewis Carroll

Background imageLooking Collection: Place De La Concorde

Place De La Concorde
The Place de la Concorde in Paris, looking toward the Hotel de Crillon (left) and the French Naval Ministry (right) on either side of the Rue Royale, circa 1850

Background imageLooking Collection: Hotel De Ville

Hotel De Ville
The shell of the old Hotel de Ville or Town Hall in Paris after its destruction by fire at the hands of the Paris Commune during the Franco-Prussian War. (Photo by Alphonse Liebert/Getty Images)

Background imageLooking Collection: Dr Syntax

Dr Syntax
Doctor Syntax looking at lodgings in Paris catches a couple unawares. The man hides in the fireplace. Dr Syntax in Paris by William Combe illustrated by Thomas Rowlandson

Background imageLooking Collection: Place De La Concorde

Place De La Concorde
The Place de la Concorde in Paris, looking toward the Hotel de Crillon (left) and the French Naval Ministry (right) on either side of the Rue Royale, 1878

Background imageLooking Collection: Place De La Concorde

Place De La Concorde
The Place de la Concorde in Paris, looking toward the Hotel de Crillon (left) and the French Naval Ministry (right) on either side of the Rue Royale, circa 1880

Background imageLooking Collection: Place De La Concorde

Place De La Concorde
The Place de la Concorde in Paris, looking toward the Hotel de Crillon (left) and the French Naval Ministry (right) on either side of the Rue Royale, circa 1880

Background imageLooking Collection: Place De La Concorde

Place De La Concorde
The Place de la Concorde in Paris, looking toward the Hotel de Crillon (left) and the French Naval Ministry (right) on either side of the Rue Royale, circa 1850

Background imageLooking Collection: Paris Underworld

Paris Underworld
An inhabitant of the Parisian underworld inspects a photograph of three camels. (Photo by Henry Guttmann/Getty Images)

Background imageLooking Collection: Victorian woman working at an embroidery frame

Victorian woman working at an embroidery frame
A Victorian woman working at an embroidery frame with great concentration. From Handley Cross; or, Mr. Jorrocksas Hunt.a by Rs Surtees and illustrated by John Leech

Background imageLooking Collection: Familiar Face

Familiar Face
A woman wearing a headdress and an elaborate dress gazes at her reflection in a mirror. Original Artwork: Albumen print (Photo by Henry Guttmann/Getty Images)

Background imageLooking Collection: Stuffed Giraffes

Stuffed Giraffes
The staircase of the old British Museum in Montague House. Stuffed giraffes at the head of the staircase are being admired by visitors. Original Artwork: Painting - George Scharf the elder

Background imageLooking Collection: Late Comers

Late Comers
A teacher looking at his watch as a group of tired children arrive late for Sunday school. Original Artwork: From The Life & Adventures of Michael Armstrong the Factory Boy by Francis Trollope

Background imageLooking Collection: Make No Mistake

Make No Mistake
Elinor Dashwood talking to Lucy Steele in a scene from Jane Austens Sense And Sensibility. Then taking a small miniature from her pocket she added, to prevent the possibility of a mistake

Background imageLooking Collection: Press Repression

Press Repression
Gendarmes arrive to seize printing presses in an attempt to limit freedom of expression during the July Revolution which deposed Charles X

Background imageLooking Collection: Madame Tussauds Wax Museum

Madame Tussauds Wax Museum
Engraved scene of people visiting and looking at statues in Madame Tussauds Wax museum on Baker Street, London, circa 1830s. (Photo by Kean Collection/Getty Images)

Background imageLooking Collection: New Eros

New Eros
1893: Crowds in Piccadilly Circus viewing the newly erected statue of Eros. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageLooking Collection: Christie s

Christie s
1st February 1808: An auction of paintings at Christies auction rooms, London. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageLooking Collection: Great Exhibition

Great Exhibition
1851: Interior of the Great Exhibition in Crystal Palace, the glass and iron building designed by Joseph Paxton, at Hyde Park, London

Background imageLooking Collection: Antique illustration of self-portrait of van Dyck

Antique illustration of self-portrait of van Dyck
Antique illustration of etching from a Sir Anthony van Dyck self-portrait. The 17th century Flemish Baroque artist depicts himself in three-quarter profile while still young

Background imageLooking Collection: Antique illustration of decorative image (cul-de-lampe) with faces

Antique illustration of decorative image (cul-de-lampe) with faces
Antique illustration of decorative element: a cul-de-lampe (French book ornament with a peculiar roughly triangle shape, usually put at the bottom of a page)

Background imageLooking Collection: Looking North Over Prospect Park

Looking North Over Prospect Park
View looking north over Prospect Park, Brooklyn, New York, 1910s. The park was designed by Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux and was completed in the late 1860s

Background imageLooking Collection: Manhattan Bridge, seen from Manhattan looking over the bay to Brooklyn, New York

Manhattan Bridge, seen from Manhattan looking over the bay to Brooklyn, New York
circa 1915: The Manhattan Bridge seen from Manhattan looking over the bay to Brooklyn, New York. It was completed in 1909. (Photo by Edwin Levick/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageLooking Collection: circa 1925: High angle view, looking north, of skyscrapers and traffic on Broadway

circa 1925: High angle view, looking north, of skyscrapers and traffic on Broadway in downtown Manhattan, with the Municipal Building (right) and the Woolworth Building, New York City

Background imageLooking Collection: Over Manhattan

Over Manhattan
circa 1915: Rooftops of buildings in downtown Manhattan, looking north, with the Municipal Building and the Woolworth Building in the background, New York Citys

Background imageLooking Collection: All Night City; View of Times Square at night, looking north on Broadway from 43rd Street

All Night City; View of Times Square at night, looking north on Broadway from 43rd Street
circa 1921: View of Times Square at night, looking north on Broadway from 43rd Street. Marquees for the Criterion and Loews Theaters are illuminated

Background imageLooking Collection: Fast Times Square

Fast Times Square
circa 1915: High-angle view of Times Square at night, looking north, with neon lit commercial signs and theater marquees, New York City

Background imageLooking Collection: 1905 View of Broadway, looking north from Canal Street, New York City

1905 View of Broadway, looking north from Canal Street, New York City
1905: View of Broadway, looking north from Canal Street, New York City. Street cars and horse-drawn carriages provide transportation. (Photo by Edwin Levick/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageLooking Collection: Broadway By Night

Broadway By Night
circa 1925: View of marquees for the Plymouth Laurette Taylor, the Music Box, the Imperial, and the Klaw Theaters along 45th Street, looking west from Broadway at night, Times Square, New York City

Background imageLooking Collection: Park Avenue

Park Avenue
circa 1930: A view looking north down Park Avenue, with Grand Central Station and the newly-completed New York Central building (now Helmsley Building) bestriding the Avenue, Manhattan

Background imageLooking Collection: Police On Fifth

Police On Fifth
circa 1925: A view looking north down Fifth Avenue from East 53rd Street, Manhattan, New York City. A policemen stands in the street, conducting traffic

Background imageLooking Collection: The Art Of Blasphemy

The Art Of Blasphemy
July 1958: Visitors evaluate a painting at an exhibition of modern art, organised by the Contemporary Art Society on the theme of religion, in Londons Tate Gallery

Background imageLooking Collection: Barred Bathers

Barred Bathers
10th May 1959: Children waiting to go bathing in Hyde Park, London. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)

Background imageLooking Collection: Big Ben From The South Bank

Big Ben From The South Bank
A woman looking across the Thames towards the Palace of Westminster, London, circa 1955. (Photo by Nat Norman/Frederic Lewis/Archive Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageLooking Collection: French Poster; Two Girls Make Bon

French Poster; Two Girls Make Bon
Two ex-Hulton Press secretaries are seen here studying a French poster during their apprenticeship at the Hotel Chambord, Ostend. Original Publication: Picture Post - 6651 - Two Girls Make Bon - pub

Background imageLooking Collection: Festival of Britain Exhibition; Dignitaries of St Pauls Church look at an engine

Festival of Britain Exhibition; Dignitaries of St Pauls Church look at an engine
Dignitaries of St Pauls Church look at an engine on display in the Transport Pavilion on the day that the King officially opens the Festival of Britain Exhibition

Background imageLooking Collection: Couple Watching The Sea on Blackpool Promenade

Couple Watching The Sea on Blackpool Promenade
July 1951: A couple looking out to sea on Blackpool Promenade. Original Publication: Picture Post - 5358 - Bert Hardys Box Camera - pub. 1951 (Photo by Bert Hardy/Picture Post/Getty Images)

Background imageLooking Collection: Looking Out To Sea

Looking Out To Sea
31st July 1948: American passengers look out to sea from the deck of the Queen Elizabeth as it makes its way to Britain across the Atlantic

Background imageLooking Collection: Missile And Cyclone

Missile And Cyclone
15th May 1959: A group of children watches as the first American ICBM (intercontinental ballistic missile) rises into launching position at the Aquarium Compund, Coney Island, Brooklyn

Background imageLooking Collection: Coventry Pageant

Coventry Pageant
circa 1890: Lady Godiva mounts a fine white horse for a pageant in Coventry and a crowd of people look on. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)



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